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Poppyred Thu 21-Aug-25 13:22:36

Someone gets paid shed loads to jumble the numbers/letters around……and talking goggoldy gook as white it’s necessary 🤣

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Sadgrandma Thu 21-Aug-25 13:15:50

Ladyleftfieldlover
Same here, other way round now though, 9 is equivalent to A* or A depending on the score 1 bottom score.

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Ladyleftfieldlover Thu 21-Aug-25 13:10:14

There were numbered grades when I did O levels. 1-9. 1 was best, 9 the worst.

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fancythat Thu 21-Aug-25 13:03:42

Oh. I didnt realise they were new grades. No wonder I didnt understand them!

Not a grannie situation, but I know someone whose son came top in the Country for a subject![not English or Maths].

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Magenta8 Thu 21-Aug-25 13:00:31

My GS's GCSE results came out this morning and were graded 9 top down to 4 pass. These were applicable to several different boards.

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escaped Thu 21-Aug-25 12:52:55

And why do you need an A* anyway?

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Mamie Thu 21-Aug-25 12:50:17

GCSE grades have been 1-9 since 2017.
www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-9-to-1-grade-scale-explained/gcse-9-to-1-grade-scale-explained

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watermeadow Thu 21-Aug-25 12:41:45

Any other proud grannies utterly confused by the new grades?
Everybody understood ABCetc. Last year they were a strange mix of letters, numbers, stars, Ms. This year they are 1 to 8 and probably mean nothing outside the school staff room.
How will employers decipher this in 10 or 20 year’s time? And why are A levels still letters? And why is every change a change for the worse?

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